Madame Bovary

About Madame Bovary

In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.

Madame Bovary (1949) is a romance film directed by Vincente Minnelli. It runs 106 minutes and was released in August 1949.

The film is filed under trial, lover, and adulteress.

Jennifer Jones takes the lead as Emma Bovary, James Mason as Gustave Flaubert, Van Heflin as Charles Bovary, and Louis Jourdan as Rodolphe Boulanger. The screenplay is by Robert Ardrey. In the United States it streams on HBO Max Amazon Channel.

TMDB voters put it at 6.8 out of 10 across 59 votes.